As I mentioned in my previous entry I was at Canada Youth 2009 last week attached to the Presbyterian Record as a photographer at the national youth conference of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. I put my D300 through the workout of its life while there, taking around 2000 photos. It was fun narrowing it down to around 200 photos to edit.
But over the course of the week I learned a couple things.
1) Weather sealing is key, nothing like getting caught in the rain with your gear and not having to worry.
2) Fill Flash is your friend, even in direct sunlight, some flash is great to lighting up those shadows.
3) Ignore your meter, manually set your camera, and cranking to ISO-3200 can yield some great results.
4) Lenses that are older than you are, still give amazing results.
If you want to see the rest of my CY09 photos click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/axle81401/collections/72157621857323330/